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Raids and Reprisals - British Reprisals

The Sack of Balbriggan, 21 September 1920

The Sack of Balbriggan, 21 September 1920

The Balbriggan Hosiery Factory, visited by Maud Gonne McBride, Mrs Charlotte Despard and Dorothy McArdle. The factory was burned out by British Forces during the Sack of Balbriggan, September 1920 as a reprisal for the shooting of a policeman.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of 56 Henry Street. Published in the American Commission on Conditions in Ireland Interim Report, 1920.

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